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Teak Pricing - Illegal Teak - Cheap Teak

Prices for asian teak have gone up and up. It is not unusual to pay $30 per board foot or more for asian teak. True Burmese teak from Burma (Myanmar) is illegal to import to this country because the military junta over there is crushing their own people and using the forest preserves (national parks) for logging to support the dictatorship. Illegal logging in Thailand is supported by the businessmen in China, India, and other countries. Logs are illegally cut, smuggled, and sold to other countries, then imported here as Indian teak, or "asian" teak. You really can not be sure what you are getting, where it is from, or how many people are being oppressed, or how much protected rainforest is being destroyed. This trade is not sustainable or ethical. You can read more aboutthis here: http://www.illegal-logging.info/item_single.php?item=news&item_id=1587&approach_id=1

In contrast, this teak is sustainably harvested. It was grown for this purpose. The pricing on this teak is cheap, half the price of "asian" teak, or less. We are selling this teak, depending upon the size of your order and the size of the boards you need, from $12.00 to $14.95 per board foot.

To figure board feet (a cubic measure of quantity, not the same as lineal foot) you multiply - in inches -

length x width x thickness and divide by 144. There are 144 cu.in. in a board foot (ie.- 1 x 12" x 12" = 1 B.F.)

Length X Width X Thickness (in inches) ÷ 144 = Board Feet

Pricing: (cut to order or random widths and lengths)

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Teak wood - cut to order

WoodShop 102 offers full service shopwork: we can rip to width, chop to length, plane to thickness,

route edges, and glue up or build to your specifications - no problem, within reason. 

There will be some nominal labor fees added to your order depending upon the time involved.

If we get backed up on the workload during the season, we may not be taking the

montrous projects some people ask for. You might have to hire a local woodworker to do the work.

Please have your guy call us for the teak you need.

We pack and ship by any carrier, anywhere, as far as you are willing to pay.

If your plans are not specific, we can roughly cut and plane, allowing you the finish cuts,

and allowing for easier more economical shipping costs.

Just tell us how you want it! Tell us what your tolerances are (plus or minus),

what your plans are, and what your skill level is; we'll be happy to help as far as we can.

Caution: If you do not ask for smooth surfacing, we will ship roughsawn. Figure about $0.50 per board foot, per 1/8 inch, extra for planer surfacing 2 sides and 1 edge. Planing will reduce your shipping weight. If your order is small we might not charge for the planing, but if you are buying a few boards we will add for the time it takes. Planing to 7/8 is .50/bf, to 3/4 is $1.00/ bf.; similar charges for 2 inch stock.

To clarify: A "roughsawn" board means it is as it was cut in the jungle by a dull bandsaw by some guys getting paid cheap wages. It means you do all the surfacing work. The 4/4 stock measures anywhere from 1 inch to 1 and 1/8 with about 1/8 inch variations as the saw waves up and down. You will need a planer to surface this wood or you will be spending a lot of time with a hand plane and a belt sander.

A 4/4 board (1 x) will not finish smooth at 1 inch; parts of it might, but not all of it. Depending on the particular board, some will finish at 15/16, some will finish at 7/8, and some will finish at 13/16. All of the 1 inch stock will finish for sure at 3/4 inch, at which thickness most people use it for cabinets and moulding trim. If your particular project requires a certain thickness for some reason, we will try to accommodate you for a small order, but if you want a lot of it all the same, we will surface it all to the same thickness as the least board finishes.

For the 2 inch stock (8/4) the same is true. You do not get a full 2 inches finished out of a 2 inch board. You get 1&7/8 or 1&3/4. That's just the way it is in the lumber business. You are paying for what the wood was before it is dried out, sawed, and planed smooth. Think about it like buying a 2x4; you end up with 1&1/2 x 3&1/2; the missing part turned to sawdust and planer shavings. When buying hardwoods you do a little better than the nominal sizes of construction grade woods but it goes by the same idea.

We have a few odd size pieces that were miscut on the saw, so sometimes we can accomodate full size dimensions, but in general, we can not do that for more than a few pieces. In some cases we can cut fullsize dimensions from larger stock so you can ask for a quote. However, please do not ask for dreamsize pieces, we do not have teak trees here in Florida. We do not have thicker than 2 inches or longer than 8 feet. If you want thicker or longer, you need lots of glue and clamps!

If you ask for certain dimensions, we will cut the teak and plane it with sharp carbide blades, we ship without sanding. You will need to finish the piece by sanding. This is not considered "roughsawn". This is dimensioned and "unfinished".

I hope this helps my non-woodworker customers understand what is what. If you still have questions or you just can't read this much, then please email or call the shop.

Teak Grading - Marine Teak?

People have been asking me, "Is this marine grade teak?" The answer is: the NLGA (National Hardwood Lumber Association) does not list such a thing as "marine" grade. Read about lumber grading rules here: http://www.natlhardwood.org/illustrated_guide/IllustratedGradingGuide.pdf . There are grades of FEQ (First European Quality), FAS (Firsts and Seconds), Select (FAS-one side), #1 Common, and #2 Common. So I suppose, if you use this teak on a boat then it could be called marine teak, but what this is really is run-of-the-mill ungraded teak. You will get a few small character knots in some boards and about 90 -95% use of every board if you are cutting out the knots. These knots are not big loose knots like in a pine board, they are not structurally weak, they are character. For the most part, if you are buying pieces cut-to-order I am making the cuts to avoid any horrible downgrades. But understand, this is not FEQ teak; it does have wider growth rings as I have already explained. For most people and most applications this teak is as good as it needs to be. Many people do not see any difference, after the teak has had time to mellow into its natural color. 

For teak quotes and orders:

Call: 305-453-0102 most weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm.

Please leave a message if there is no answer. Sometimes we can not hear the phone because we are running the machines with our hearing protection on. If it is a Monday or Friday connected to a holiday weekend we may be out of town. We will return your call as soon as possible.

E-mail:  info@WoodShop102.com anytime.

Please include your ZIPCODE if you want a shipping quote.

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Here are some sample teak orders: Satisfied Customers!

4 pcs. - 1 x 6 x 72" - Teak=$179.40, Labor-planing smooth=$10.00, Freight=$39.96, TOTAL= $224.36 for a business at 01504, package size 7x7x74, weight 36 pounds. Gene

9 pcs. - 1x5x96" - Teak=$420.00, Freight=$80.55, Total=$500.55 for a residence at 54303, package size 6x10x98, weight 120 pounds. Peanuts

1 pc - 2 x 4 x 84" - Teak=$60.66, Freight=$29.41, Total=$90.07 for a residence at 11934, package size 5x5x86, weight 21 pounds. Frank

4 pcs. - 7/8 x 6 x 96" - Teak=$282.70, Labor=$10.00, Freight=$48.42, Total=$341.12 for a residence at 43023, package size 7x7x98, weight 70 pounds. Jack

11 pcs.- 3/4 x 1&3/4 x 38 - Teak=$86.79, Labor=$18.00, Freight=$22.91, Total=$127.70 for a residence at 75075, package size 6x6x40, weight 21 pounds. Homer

4 pcs.-15/16 x 3 x 72", 3 pcs.-15/16 x 4 x 16", 3 pcs.-15/16 x 4 x 20", Teak=$144.71, Labor=$10.00, Freight=$34.77, Total=$189.48 for a residence at 29440, package size 7x7x74, weight 37 pounds. Kathryn

2 pcs.- 3/8x6x18", 2 pcs. 3/8 x 4 x 18, Total=$26.89, Joe at 30101.

3 pcs.- 1x5x72", Teak=$112.12, Freight=$36.55, Total=$147.67 for a residence at 06897, package size 7x7x74, Weight 33 pounds. Paul

1 pc.- glueup 2 x 12 x 48" - Teak=129.56, Labor=$30.00, Freight=$38.18, Total=$197.74 for a residence at 55442, package size 3 x 13 x 50, Weight 37 pounds. Jim

1 pc.- 2x3x24" - Total=$28.34, Jeff at 55811

4 pcs. - 3/8 x 5 x 60 - Teak=62.29, Labor=$8.00, Freight=$28.33, Total=$98.62 for a residence at 74073, package size 3 x

6 x 61, Weight 14 pounds. Larry.

4 pcs. - 1 x 3 x 72 - Total=$121.17, John at 02478

5 pcs. - 1x6x48" - Tea=$149.50, Labor=$15.00, Freight=$36.87, Total=$201.37 for a residence at 02809,package size 7x7x50, weight 44 pounds. Paul

2 pcs. -1 x 4 x 42" - Total=$55.82, Alex

2 pcs.-3x3x33-glueup, 4 pcs.-3x3x24-glueup, 6 pcs.-2x2x33. Teak=$269.98, Labor=$60.00, Freight=$63.15, Total=$393.13 to a business at 91750, package size 7x14x34, Weight 77 pounds. Kevin

For more pricing information, board foot calculations, sold-out sizes, and gross shipping estimates -

Go to: Pricing Estimator Page, or just call the shop 305-453-0102 most weekdays 9Am to 4PM EST